Parrots (Psittacidae)
Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) - HBW 4, p. 413
French: Perroquet jaco
German: Graupapagei
Spanish: Loro Yaco
Other common names: African Grey Parrot
Taxonomy: Psittacus erithacus Linnaeus, 1758, Ghana.
Race timneh may be separate species, with very little interbreeding and fairly distinctive voice. Proposed race princeps, from Príncipe in the Gulf of Guinea, is not distinguishable from nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- timneh Fraser, 1844 - Sierra Leone to Ivory Coast (at least 70 km E of R Bandama), with isolated populations in Guinea-Bissau and S Mali.
- erithacus Linnaeus, 1758 - Ivory Coast E to W Kenya and NW Tanzania and S to SC Zaire and Cabinda, including Príncipe and (probably introduced) São Tomé.
- Vulnerable Enlarge map
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A close-up of an individual swallowing and scratching the beak. Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (ssp erithacus)
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2011 1 year ago 26 sec 4.1 -
A bird perched on a branch calling and another bird arriving close to it and both turning around. Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (ssp erithacus)
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2011 1 year ago 33 sec 3.8 -
Two birds perched in a tree, stretching the wings and then one of them scratching the head. Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (ssp erithacus)
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2011 1 year ago 20 sec 3.8 -
An individual walking on a wire, calling and whistling and then flying off. Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (ssp erithacus)
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2011 1 year ago 23 sec 3.8 -
An adult calling in a tree. Locality Entebbe Botanical Gardens, Entebbe, Uganda (ssp erithacus)
Eldert Groenewoud 7 March 2008 4 years ago 22 sec 3.8 -
A close-up of a bird swallowing. Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (ssp erithacus)
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2011 1 year ago 24 sec 3.5
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A bird feeding in the canopy
Locality Bobiri Forest Reserve, Ashanti Region, Ghana (ssp erithacus)
Luis Mario Arce 23 February 2013 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.5 -
A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (ssp erithacus)
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2011 1 year ago 3.5 -
A close-up of the head.
Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (ssp erithacus)
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2011 1 year ago 3.5 -
A semi habituated male from Bom Bom Resort, calling and sunning itself from a palm frond.
Locality Bom Bom Resort, Principe, São Tomé and Principe (ssp erithacus)
Christian Boix Hinzen 7 November 2008 3 years ago 3 -
on the ground
Locality Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Georges Olioso 12 July 2005 3 years ago 3 -
A bird perched.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (ssp erithacus)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 4 years ago 3
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Calls and whistles by one bird. Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
(ssp erithacus)
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2011 1 year ago 4
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